Plans to construct a Hare Krishna temple in Moscow have sparked off a controversy in Russia where the Orthodox Church dominates and many regard Krishna followers as dangerous sectarians. For Vadim......

She is tall, lissome with an hour-glass figure and only 18. She is Parvati Melton, the new 'girl' of Telugu cinema. Her debut film Vennela , mostly shot in the United States where she grew up was......

Members of the all-women protest group Pussy Riot released a new music video on Thursday criticising Russia's staging of the Winter Olympics and its human rights record, in a rare show of dissent......

Large crates of equipment stand unopened outside the entrance to the plush new Swissotel above Sochi as it scrambles to be ready for the start of the Winter Olympics.A bricklayer in a woollen hat......

There will be no discrimination against gay people during the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month, a Russian lawmaker said on Monday. Former Olympic ice-skating champion Svetlana Zhurova, 42, who......

The U.N. General Assembly called on Wednesday for an international truce during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia and urged Moscow "to promote social inclusion without discrimination" amid outrage......